Stanley Seymour Brotman

Stanley Seymour Brotman (July 27, 1924 – February 21, 2014) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.

Education and career Brotman was born in Vineland, New Jersey. He grew up in the nearby community of Brotmanville, which had been established by his grandfather, a Russian immigrant, in Pittsgrove Township. Brotman left Yale University to serve in the United States Army during World War II, from 1942 to 1945. He returned to Yale and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Eastern Studies in 1947. He received a Bachelor of Laws from Harvard Law School in 1951. He served again during the Korean War from 1951 to 1952 as a first lieutenant in the Armed Forces Security Agency. He was in private practice in Vineland from 1952 to 1975.

Federal judicial service

On January 27, 1975, Brotman was nominated by President Gerald Ford to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey vacated by Judge Mitchell Harry Cohen. Brotman was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 13, 1975, and received his commission on March 14, 1975. He assumed senior status on April 23, 1990 and was succeeded by Judge William G. Bassler. Brotman stopped hearing cases in September 2013, but remained a federal judge until his death. at a hospital in Stratford, New Jersey.